Two pediatricians accused of sending unsolicited text messages to Cleveland-based University Hospitals physicians — and later fired by the system — have filed a lawsuit over their termination. Lauren Beene, MD, and Valerie Fouts-Fowler, DO, filed the lawsuit Dec. 15…
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Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth can begin with the first phase of a planned hospital construction in Weaverville, N.C., after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the project. With the court declining Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health’s…
Laurie Eldridge, former CFO of Placerville, Calif.-based Marshall Medical Center has filed a lawsuit against the hospital, alleging wrongful termination, age discrimination and retaliation, the Sacramento Business Journal reported Dec. 12. Three things to know: 1. Ms. Eldridge alleges she…
A patient of San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare is suing the health system over its use of an AI scribe during his treatment. The plaintiff claims a Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group clinic recorded a July appointment with Abridge’s ambient clinical documentation…
Morton County, Kan., plans to sue the state for more than $2 million over misdirected hospital funding, the Kansas Reflector reported Dec. 11. Five things to know: 1. In 2015, the county’s voters approved a 1% countywide sales tax that…
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The San Francisco District Attorney’s office has filed a murder charge against a man accused of fatally stabbing a social worker Dec. 4 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Wilfredo Jose Tortolero Arriechi, 34, was originally charged…
A social worker who was stabbed Dec. 4 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center died two days later, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Police said officers responded around 1:30 p.m. Dec. 4, when an adult male suspect…
Two senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would allow patients who receive primary care from advanced practice providers to be included in Medicare’s ACO models. Under current Medicare rules, patients are only assigned to an ACO if they receive…
From CVS Pharmacy settling allegations that it improperly billed federal health programs to the Justice Department dismissing an indictment against the former owner and CEO of a Texas hospital, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported…
Mark Kronfeld, trustee of the SHC Creditor Litigation Trust, filed a 178-page amended complaint Nov. 21 seeking to recover more than $3.4 billion against bankrupt Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s former CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, and other system “insiders.” …